Montreal Meeting V 2.0

[FloppyShoes]

Hello again to all,
I'm pleased to announce there will be another meeting/seminar in the Montreal area coming up. It will be open to all members here and will be a great chance to meet fellow straight shavers and share your experiences face to face. There will also be a honing demonstration (by request) and an oportunity to try out some hones and stuff I'll be bringing. I also encourage all those attending to bring any equipment they feel is unique and worth sharing. All questions and requests are welcome.

This time, I also suggest we all bring our soaps, creams, brushes etc. if anyone wants to trade.

There will, once again, be a door prize supplied by me. Last time, other people offered up prizes, and I thought that was awsome. There is, however, no obligation to do so.


Date & Time:
Saturday, august 23rd, 10 am to 1 pm

Duration:
3 hours

Charge:
$10 (to cover space rental)

Location:
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (fellowship hall)
1389 Victoria Avenue
Saint Lambert, J4R 1R4
( 45°29'25.84"N , 73°29'40.59"W for those with google earth)


Please PM me to RSVP or if you have any questions/requests.
Special thanks (once again) to Richard for helping to organize this.

[swink]

Great initiative, Dan and Richard. I've noticed quite a few Montrealers on here and it occured to me it'd be interesting to meet up. I look forward to the honing demo since I'm getting into that a bit.

(I want to bring my Henckels 3k/8k hone and let others try it. I can't find any info about it here or SRP, so I'm curious how it rates/cuts compares to the Norton.)

[Peppery John]

I'd like to attend however, not sure if I can organize any transport for that day.
I live on Av Papineau very close to the Metropolitan if anyone's going that passes this area I'd really appreciate a lift? Thanks.

Kenny.

[badboris]

Hi Dan
i'll be there

[Presently42]

I may be able to get there. I'll become more definate as time marches on.

[Alacrity59]

Wow I wonder if something like that happens in the Toronto or Brampton area. I used to live in St. Lambert and now I'm wondering if Miss Chinatown is still next door to that church.

Regards,

Mike

[werelwolf]

That's pretty cool! Has this been a regular thing, or will be a regular thing? If all goes well, I'll be living in Montreal in a year to transfer into McGill and this sounds pretty interesting!

[FloppyShoes]

This is the second such meeting.
There was a bit of a buzz about making it a regular thing, but there are some logistics issues.

This time and the last, I got the idea to throw an event like this because I had several people asking me to show them how to hone. I figure why not kill multiple birds with one hone (chuckle) and promote a local community attitude at the same time. Maybe one day we could all march into Vasco and demand a special 25% B&B discount.

[swink]

This is the second such meeting.
There was a bit of a buzz about making it a regular thing, but there are some logistics issues.

This time and the last, I got the idea to throw an event like this because I had several people asking me to show them how to hone. I figure why not kill multiple birds with one hone (chuckle) and promote a local community attitude at the same time. Maybe one day we could all march into Vasco and demand a special 25% B&B discount.

No joke. I was thinking along those lines too. What we should do is ask some place like Maison de Razoir (or whatever it's called) to offer up some gifts in exchange for a little PR. It's win-win.

[FloppyShoes]

Centre Du Rasoir carries only J.A. Henkels stuff unfortunately. As Obscenely priced as they are, Vasco has Dovo, Edwin Jager, Mhueler Pinsel (SP?), Omega, GFT, Taylors, Trufitt & Hill, D R Harris, the list goes on... I think they are approximately 25% more expensive than online retailers (on average) so 25% would be the smallest discount they could offer to make them a viable choice for us.

Oddly enough this is also true of their tobacco.